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Maurice Bootten

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Portrait, Maurice Bootten - This image may be subject to copyright

Portrait, Maurice Bootten - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Maurice AWMM
  • Surname
    Bootten AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    004354 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • Solomon Islands Campaign AWMM
    • Treasury Island AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    004354 AWMM
  • Military service
    New Zealand Scottish Regiment, 2 Battalion, D Support Company AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
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  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Aged 19 years 1 month at enlistment with the territorial unit New Zealand Scottish Regiment, 2 Battalion, D Support Company

    Embarked 21 December 1942, sailed 24-28 December

    Transferred to 8 Brigade Headquarters, Provost Platoon, a unit of 5 Provost Company on 6 July 1943)

    24-28 December 1942. The Fourth Section of Kiwi Force embarked in West Point at Wellington (on 24 December) and Auckland (on the 27th and 28th December), a total of 438 officers and 6039 other ranks of 2NZEF for New Caledonia. This draft reached Noumea on 31 December 1942. From "CHRONOLOGY New Zealand in the War 1939-1946' compiled by R Kay, 1968. Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1999 AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 9: WW2 41 AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM

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